Improvement in washing-machines



R. H. BOYD". Washing-Machines.

Patented No'v.17,11874..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.I

ROBERT H. BOYD, OF LOHDONDERRY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,872, dated November17, 1874 application filed September 5, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl I, ROBERT H. BOYD, of

Londonderry, in the county of Guernsey and which extends down across itslower surface,

and serves as a means to secure the clothes to the rubber while they arebeing rubbed back and forth over the rubbing-board, as will beI morefully described hereafter.

Figures l and 2 represent vertical cross-sections of myinventiou, takenat right angles to each other.

A represents a suitable tub or box, of any desired description, to thebottom of which is secured the corrugated slightly-concave rubbing orwash board b. To one end of this board, or to the side of the tub, aresecured the two standards o, between the upper ends of which is pivotedthe bearing l, from the under side of which depends a stirrup, 2, towhich stirrup is attached one end of the operating-lever d. As thebearing turns freely upon its journals, carrying the stirrup with it,the lever can be moved freely back and forth over the board b,or swungupward and backward over the top of the bearing.' Secured to the underside of this lever, near its center, is vertical block e, to the lowerend of which is secured the corrugated rubber block f, by means of whichthe clothes are rubbed upon the board b. Pivoted to the sides of thisblock e, near its side, is the swinging clasp, hoop, or bail h, as shownin Fig. 2, which reaches down below the block f, and passes across itslower surface, for the purpose of binding the clothes to it, so thatthey can be more easily rubbed upon the board b.

In order to attach the clothes in this manner the lever d is raisedupward and back until the block fis brought into a convenient position,the clothes laid upon itv with their dirtiest side next to the board b,and then the bail or hoop la. is moved up over them in order to clamp orhold them securely in position While being rubbed back and forth.

I am aware that straps have been used for holding the clothes againstthe under side of the rubber, and this I disclaim. Straps becomestretched, soon rot so as to be perfectly useless, and are rubbed topieces by the friction against the board b.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In combination with therubber f, the iron hoop h, having its upper ends pivoted to the sides ofthe standard e, whereby the said strap may be swung down under theclothes to hold them in position while being washed, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this31st day of August, 1874.

ROBERT H. BOYD.

Witnesses W. W. MGFARLAND, ALBERT C. GATES.

